Sou·dan n. A sultan. [Obs.]
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  Soudan
       n 1: a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved
            independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956;
            involved in state-sponsored terrorism [syn: Sudan, Republic
            of the Sudan]
       2: a region of northern Africa south of the Sahara and Libyan
          deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea [syn: Sudan]